Vision Psychology - Brisbane Psychologists

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Brisbane Psychologists - Counselling - Psychotherapy - Psychiatrists

Vision Psychology is Brisbane's largest 7 day psychology clinic, with appointments available from 8am to 8pm. With a team of over 25 therapists (including clinical psychologists, counsellors, social workers, and psychiatrists), you are sure to find the one who is best able to help you. We even offer a free mental health checkup with one of our senior therapists, to help pinpoint and recommend the right therapist for you, as well as to help you access any relevant Medicare or health fund rebates.

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Our Team Profiles

Name

Vivian Jarrett

Position

Clinic Director

Profile

Vivian is a registered psychologist and clinic director at Vision Psychology.

Vivian has provided counselling services within Mental Health Services and private practice for nearly a decade, and has special expertise in working with adults with clinical disorders such as trauma, bipolar and depression. Vivian's approach includes holistic non-labelling approaches that include the use of interpersonal psychotherapy, narrative therapy, cognitive - behavioural approaches and couples therapy. Vivian welcomes those with a strong faith or spiritual beliefs as part of counselling process.

Vivian has experience in treating a wide range of issues such as:

*postnatal, pregnancy and parenting stress,

*clinical depression

*anxiety and trauma

*sex therapy for individuals or couples

*trauma that has occurred recently or in the past

*bipolar and psychotic disorders

Medicare and Health Rebates may apply. If you require reduced rates please call our office to discuss with reception. Vivian encourages those that need bulk billing or reduced rates to book for a free emotional health consultation for recommendations and affordable treatment options.

Name

Ainsley Salsbury

Position

Principal Psychologist

Profile

Ainsley Salsbury is a registered psychologist who is passionate about working with clients to identify, explore and address the factors which are frustrating them in their attempts to achieve their work and life goals.

Ainsley comes from a Human Resources background. so she has an intimate and hands on knowledge of the workplace and organisational dynamics and how these interact with and affect psychological issues.

Ainsley is passionate about working with clients to help them make healthy and adaptive work and life decisions, particularly during times of change or transition. The world and the workplace is ever changing and it can feel very overwhelming and exhausting trying just to ‘keep up’ let alone take some degree of control of your own decisions when the goal posts seem to keep moving. Ainsley has undertaken specific thesis research in this field around Decision Making in Ever Changing and Dynamic environments and is able to transfer these principles practically.

Name

Susanne Gilmour

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Susanne is a registered psychologist with nearly 20 years' experience working with children, adolescents and their families.

Name

Dr Jan Philamon

Position

Psychologist

Profile

After many years of working with young people, Dr Jan is enjoying working with adults and seniors.

She can help individuals or couples going through major life transitions such as career change, redundancy, sickness, and grief and loss.

Name

Angela Bromfield

Position

Psychologist for Children

Profile

Angela has a Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology degree from the University of Melbourne. Originally from Canada, Angela migrated to Australia in 2008 after starting her career as a primary school teacher and working in the United Kingdom.

She has worked as a psychologist in Melbourne and has experience working in primary and secondary schools, in private practice and with the Department of Human Services in Victoria.

Angela has experience supporting children, adolescents and adults for a variety of issues such as:

Coping with grief and loss

Anxiety

Depression

Divorce/separation

Anger management

Peer and family relationships

Parenting support

Bullying/friendship issues

Social skills difficulties

ADHD

Autism

Learning difficulties/academic achievement

Giftedness

Self Esteem

Name

Bridget Hogg

Position

Clinical Psychologist

Profile

Bridget has worked in a variety of mental health settings for more than ten years, and has significant experience in working with a range of psychological and mental health problems. These include:

is a Registered Psychologist who recognises the unique individuality of each person, and is passionate about providing an individualised holistic approach in supporting clients towards improved wellbeing.

Her therapeutic orientation is a combination of Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) approaches to therapy. Within this framework Anita tailors creative and solution focused approaches to individual counselling, depending on the needs of the client. Anita has a keen interest in the therapeutic benefits of Yoga and Ayurvedic medicine, and teaches yoga and meditation.

Name

Jordan Braye

Position

Organisational Psychologist

Profile

M Org Psych., B.Soc.Sc (PsychHons), MAPS.

is an Organisational Psychologist and Coaching Professional who is passionate about assisting people breakthrough self-limiting beliefs, understand current influences and develop strategies in order to overcome challenges and achieve desired outcomes.

Jordan can assist with all aspects of both career and personal development.

Name

Nicole Wimmer

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Nicole Wimmer has extensive experience in the area of workplace health and rehabilitation, including vocational counselling and assessment; adjustment to disability and pain management; workplace stress and mediation; and presentation and performance anxiety.

She has a keen interest in working with teens and pre-teens, on a range of issues including bullying, resilience, grief and loss, anxiety and depression.

Name

Adina Piovesana

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Adina is a registered psychologist and Medicare provider who has clinical experience working with children, adolescents and adults on a broad range of psychological and behavioural issues.

She believes in teaching her clients the skills to encourage problem solving, assertiveness, positive engagement, resilience, empowerment, and pro-social and adaptive behaviours. She understands that life sometimes throws you curve balls and that at times you may be feeling distressed, anxious, depressed or worried. Through therapy she hopes to enable you to initiate positive change in your life and increase life satisfaction.

Adina is experienced in providing a wide range of psychological and educational assessments for children.

Name

Paul Knowles

Position

Clinical Psychologist Registrar

Profile

Paul Knowles has recently completed his Masters of Psychology, focusing on compassion fatigue in mental health professionals working with traumatised clients. He is a provisionally registered psychologist with experience in providing client focused counselling, and experienced in working with both children and adults.

Name

Christian Nipedal

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Christian Nipedal is a registered psychologist, who aims to provide individuals with a supportive structure within which to improve their quality of life. He is committed to clinical excellence, professional integrity, conservation of our precious environment, and the universal declaration of human rights.

He is experienced in providing treatment for a broad range of mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and psychosis.

Christian is fluent in English, Norwegian and Spanish.

Name

Claire Pang

Position

Clinical Psychologist Registrar

Profile

Claire has specialist training in psychological assessment and evidence-based therapies treating depression, anxiety, trauma and complex mental health conditions for all ages. She is result-orientated, practicing a wide range of therapeutic approaches with great success; she is epxerienced in working with children, adolescents, individuals and couples.

Claire can provide counselling in English, Mandarin or Cantonese.

Name

Angela Dillon

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Angela has over 20 year's experience as apsychologist.

Her focus for the last decade has been in providing assessment, counselling and psychological therapy for members of the community on a low income, people with disabilities and the highly disadvantaged.

She has helped people to overcome the issues impacting on their capacity to work as well as their life generally.

Angela has assisted people with a broad variety of challenges including addictions and many other psychological conditions; she found it particularly rewarding to be involved with assisting indigenous clients involved in the justice system.

Name

Christine McKee

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Christine is a registered psychologist with a diverse career background. An accredited NLP trainer, she is passionate about and dedicated to working alongside individuals and families to embrace the best version of themselves, through the use of compassionate and empowering psychological services.

Christine has worked extensively in the private sector (in Australia, USA, UK) as an external consultant and project manager focusing on organisational and safety psychology and organisational development consultancy in the Mining and Resources Industry and Corporate sector. She has a strong track record in Executive and Business Coaching.

Name

Dr Malcolm Davies

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Dr Malcolm Davies began his career as an industrial chemist, and over the next twenty years progressed to become the General Manager and CEO of two large companies that are household names in Australia.

Today Malcolm combines his wealth of business knowledge and skills with over ten years of psychology training and experience, to provide individual and group counselling, executive coaching, and organisational and clinical psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, and older adults, and families. He is a member of the Australian Society of Hypnosis.

Malcolm understands that from time to time in life many of us need someone to talk to, someone skilled and reliable, someone to help us sort out important issues and move away from difficulty, pain and suffering. He counts it a privilege to have helped many people move towards happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. In therapy, Malcolm uses evidence-based psychological treatments such as CBT, Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness, which have been shown to be effective for specific behavioural, emotional and/or cognitive problems and difficulties.

Name

Susan Loane

Position

Psychotherapist

Profile

Susan Loane has clinical accreditation as a Family Therapist and Psycho Therapeutic Counsellor with the Australian Association of Social Workers, and has a particular interest in working with children, adolescents and families; however she also works with adults and couples.

Susan is endorsed as a Specialist Mental Health Clinician, which means that her services are eligible for Medicare rebates.

With three university degrees in social sciences, social work and nursing, and over 20 years’ experience, Susan has the skills and experience to assist with a broad spectrum of disorders and mental health issues for all ages.

She has a particular interest in treating people suffering from eating disorders.

Name

Naomi Griffin

Position

Counselling Psychologist

Profile

Naomi Griffin is an endorsed Counselling Psychologist.

In addition, she is a STAP accredited supervisor, providing professional supervision of provisional psychologists (masters students only), registered psychologists (including those working towards endorsement in Counselling Psychology), and people working in Christian ministry.

An accredited lay preacher within the Uniting Church of Australia, Naomi is currently undertaking a Bachelor’s degree in Theology/Theological Studies through Flinders University.

Naomi provides counselling and therapy to adults of all ages, and enjoys providing Christian counselling to clients who identify with this belief system.

Name

Dr Amanda White

Position

Profile

Dr Amanda White is a STAP accredited supervisor, and provides a range of therapeutic, assessment, and training services.

Amanda is a highly experienced clinician, and has worked successfully with a variety of conditions, including mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, anxiety, addiction, cognitive and somatoform disorders, eating disorders, and personality issues. Amanda also has experience fostering resilience with people who have intellectual and physical concerns.

Her therapeutic orientation is primarily grounded in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Amanda finds that by cultivating both wellness and strengths, we can experience powerful and lasting change in our lives.

Name

Michelle Linmore

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Michelle Linmore is a registered psychologist with over 20 years of counselling experience. She loves to meet people and to hear about and understand their stories, and is keen to work with you to make the positive changes you want in your life.

Michelle is available to provide individual, couple or family counselling as well as group workshops and training as requested. She is happy to provide telephone sessions as well as face to face work. At the moment Michelle is particularly interested in relationship counselling, gay and lesbian counselling, pregnancy support, and infertility counselling, including issues around donor assisted conception.

In addition to being a counsellor, Michelle is an experienced group leader having run many seminars and therapeutic and educational groups including self esteem and assertiveness groups, happiness workshops, post-separation workshops for adults and children, and discussion groups for women attracted to other women and for people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition she has run numerous training workshops for those in helping roles, covering themes such as active listening, responding to crisis, and boundary setting.

Name

Matthew Ryan

Position

Psychologist

Profile

is a senior psychologist and marriage and family therapist, who has been supporting and assisting people to work through their personal and relational problems for over 25 years.

Matthew's areas of expertise include counselling for men, social anxiety, supervision and family therapy.

Name

Paul Carver

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Paul Carver is a psychologist with a keen interest in the area of Health Psychology. He has a good understanding of the burden that living with a chronic physical condition can bring, and how to live well despite physical limitations. Paul understands the mind-body connection. Distress or stress can have a big impact on our bodies. Paul has developed innovative and integrated treatment processes for physical conditions where there may be a psychological component, such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Name

Linda Thomson

Position

Social Worker and Sex Therapist

Profile

Linda completing a degree in Human Services in 1998 and her Masters of Couselling in 2005.

Linda has always had a passion for helping people to over come obstacles in their lives to enable them to reach their full potential. She has worked with couples to enhance relationship intimacy, improve communication and managing family issues. In addition, Linda provides clinical supervision for therapists and social workers.

In therapy, Linda works with strategies such as mindfulness, schema therapy, family therapy, grief and loss, narrative therapy and motivational interviewing.

Name

Meggy Delaunay

Position

Child Psychologist

Profile

Meggy is a registered Psychologist specialising in the treatment of children, adolescents and young adults, and has several years’ experience in Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Play Therapy and Psychoanalytic Therapy. She also has extensive training in Family Therapy.

Before joining Vision Psychology, Meggy worked in New Zealand and Reunion Island (a French island in the Indian Ocean). She is fluent in both French and English, and has worked with numerous clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Meggy’s fields of expertise include:

- Cognitive assessments for children experiencing difficulties at school, including written reports of findings and recommendations. A cognitive assessment provides a clearer picture of the client’s thinking and reasoning abilities and can also be part of a more detailed assessment (query, dyslexia, dyscalculia and memory issues);

- Supporting young clients living with a chronic condition such as Type 1 Diabetes;

- Helping clients to become self-motivated, and find solutions to their difficulties.

Name

Abra Garfield

Position

Sports Psychologist

Profile

Abra Garfield is a Sports Psychologist with a passion for the outdoors and the human journey to find meaning and happiness.

Abra is an experienced athlete himself and has represented Australia in international competition. Abra understands the pressures of balancing athletic performance and daily life and has found many benefits in Mindfulness-based therapy. He has developed community sport-based programs and provided direct counselling services.

Name

Olivia Donaghy

Position

Psychologist

Profile

Olivia is a registered Psychologist experienced in working with children, young people and adults individually or as a family. Her practice framework encompasses a belief in human dignity and potential for change. She is motivated to assist people to achieve the goals that they set for themselves.

Olivia has expertise in both family and individual counselling. She tailors her approach to individual treatment needs, combining family therapy/systems approach, CBT, positive psychology, narrative and brief, solution focused interpersonal therapies.

Joey Tai is a registered psychologist who is currently in the process of obtaining his clinical endorsement.

Joey specialises in working with individuals or couples who have relationship/marriage problems, and encourages his clients to explore and address some of the inner conflicts within themselves which may have contributed to their accompanying relational difficulties.

In addition, Joey is a youth pastor and is experienced in working with children and young people. As Joey is a Christian, he is also happy to provide therapy to Christians from a biblical perspective. If you are more comfortable with sharing your difficulties with a Christian psychologist and working according to the principles of God’s grace, Joey is able to provide such services.

Name

Julie Fickel

Position

Midwife Counsellor

Profile

is a Midwife with a passion for supporting women and their partners, especially around issues relating to pregnancy and birth.

Julie has extensive experience in counselling couples in pregnancy, parenting and partnering. She has a special interest in perinatal women’s issues with additional training at Griffith University to provide counselling for pregnancy, parenting support, perinatal mental health (depression and anxiety), and birth trauma.

In addition, Julie has undergone additional training in sex therapy to support women to discuss intimacy issues, particularly pregnancy concerns and after the birth of baby.

Julie has a Certificate 4 in Pastoral Care and is happy to provide faith based counselling when required.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a referral to see a psychologist or counsellor?

No referral is needed.

Can I use private health insurance?

Yes, it is likely you can for a psychologist, but not for a counsellor. Check prior to your first appointment. We cannot guarantee “what” is covered on your policy. Please ask!

What is a mental health plan?

A mental health plan is special referral provided by your GP or psychiatrist to a psychologist for the provision of counselling to treat specified mental health conditions. Only the listed conditions are eligible. A mental health plan can only be made out to an individual, not a couple, nor a family.

How many sessions of therapy does a mental health plan allow?

Your GP determines the number of sessions in the letter sent to the psychologist. The maximum limit is 6 visits in the first referral, an additional 4 visits after one mental health review, then 6 if special exceptional circumstances have occurred. Usually this means that there are up to 16 sessions in the calendar year, if the GP recommends this is required for the condition being treated.

Do you offer bulk billing / hardship rates?

Psychologists/counsellors will consider hardship rates when client is experiencing financial hardship. Clients are encouraged to discuss a payment strategy to be able to afford the “type” of counselling and therapist with sufficient skills to treat the referred condition.

Bulk Billing occurs when a psychologist has a referral from a GP or doctor (psychiatrist or paediatric doctor) and the psychologist decides to reduce their rates to the amount rebated by Medicare. This means that there will be no gap payment, nor additional costs.

Ask the psychologist or counsellor you have booked for a reduced rate. We require that you discuss this directly with each person offering counselling, as each therapist has different rates and booking requirements. If you haven’t asked, then you won’t know what is possible!

I'm confused! Help!

That's why we offer a Come and have a chat to us and we will work through the best psychologist or counsellor for you, confidentially and without obligation. It is confusing for the doctors and psychologists as each year the rules and amount of sessions vary. Sometimes it is not clear how to provide the best service to you, that is why we have created a Free Check Up!

Special Offers

Many of us have been to the local GP for our physical health check-up, but what about our emotional health?

We have been listening to what you believe is important! We offer this complimentary service to the public to help YOU find the right therapist.

Many people are worried about the cost of therapy, who to choose, how to avoid getting the wrong person or wrong therapy approach. While talking to the reception staff can be helpful, it is more appropriate that your initial conversation be in confidence with the principal psychologist who can direct you to the “right” person, explain ways to gain rebates, access to psychiatry or medical services and integration of counselling and other therapies or treatments.

We believe that you are important and that is why we offer you one of the most experienced psychologists at Vision Psychology. A Free Emotional Health Check up is even better than a bulk billing because you don’t need a referral and we help you to work out the next step. The appointment starts by completing questionnaires regarding your general and emotional health. The free service is limited to one 30 min face to face appointment, though it is best to allocate an hour in total for your visit.

Book you free emotional health check up by calling 1800 877 924 or you may like to book online. (Principal Psychologist) or (Psychologist and Clinic Director) are currently the psychologists providing this service.